Wine region
Thurgau
Thurgau is a wine region in Switzerland, home to 2 wineries, producing red, white wines, known for Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc.
On this page
Thurgau's 2 wineries lean white but make plenty of red too; Sauvignon Blanc is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry AOC designation.
Characteristic grapes
Thurgau is best known for Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc. The most-bottled single-varietal wines here are Sauvignon Blanc.
Wine styles from Thurgau
Most common single-grape wines
When Thurgau wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:
- Sauvignon Blanc
- 1 single-grape wine
Wine profile
Thurgau leans white (about 57% of its wines) but makes meaningful red too — expect white wines, often from grapes like Riesling.
7 distinct Thurgau wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- White4 · 57%
- Red3 · 43%
Types: Still.
Representative Thurgau wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Schlossgut Bachtobel — Pinot Gris
- Schlossgut Bachtobel — No3 Pinot Noir
- Broger — Ottenberg Blauburgunder
- Schlossgut Bachtobel — MT Muller
- Schlossgut Bachtobel — No4 Pinot Noir
- Schlossgut Bachtobel — Sauvignon Blanc
- Schlossgut Bachtobel — Weisser Riesling
Quality designations
Wines here carry AOC status — a controlled quality designation.
- AOCFrance's protected-origin designation (Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée) — controls where and how a wine is made.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How to choose a good Thurgau wine
Look for the AOC designation — it signals a controlled-origin Thurgau wine.
FAQs
- Which grapes are associated with Thurgau?
- Thurgau is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Thurgau?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Thurgau wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Thurgau?
- The current regional catalogue contains 7 linked wines from 2 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.